Garment-clasp.



M. D. GOFFEY & T. G. BLAYNEY.

GARMENT GLASP.

\. APPLIUATION FILED APB..25.1904.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

(1/6 1 I 1 r e 9 UNITED f'srrarss PATENT OFFICE.

MQIQEA scrim, or carcass. are mom-as c.- BLArrEr. or RIVERSIDE, ILLI OIS.

' GARMENT-crash v I No-918,010.

and T'HGMAS. G. BLAYNEY, citizens of the- United States, residing, respectively, at Chi- 5 cage and Riverside, county 01? Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful'lmpfovement in Garment-Clasps, and declare. t

e following to. be a full, clear, andexact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference eing' had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification. Our'invention relates in general to garment clasps, and more particularly to hose supporters.

The primary object of. our invention is to tprovi-de an improved hose supporter of the t i e covered by U. S. Reissue Patent No. 1 ,2-37, granted on June 28, 1-904, to Michael Cofiey.

One. of our present improvements consists in mechanically attaching the rubber cushion to the tongue of the toggle, thereby simplifying and economizing the construction by avoiding the necessity of molding the plastic rubber around the tongue and subsequently vn-lcanizing it.

Another improvement isthe provision of transverse slots near the top and bottom of the upper link of the toggle whereby the attached: strap from which the clas is suspended, may pass entirely around the upper mk-of-the toggle and protect the wearer from V theuncomfortable contact of the metal.

Afurther object of our-invention is toproivide a garment clasp which will be simple in. construction, inexpensive in manufacture, and; eflicient in: use. 40

sists in'a loop having a restricted neck at its lower end, a toggle the upper member of which is pivotally united tothe loop andis: provided with transverse slots near its top. and bottom through which the suspending strap-isada ted to pass, the lower member of the. toggle; aving secured thereon by mechemical means a resilient pad of a greater width than the restricted neck of the loop.

(Dun invention will be more fullydescribedf hereinafter with reference to the accompanye i-ng drawing in which thesame is. illustrated as enrbodiedin several convenient and practical forms, and inwhich Figure 1 is an elevational'view; Fig. 2- a sectional view on line 22, Fig. 1, showing a Specification of Letters Patentl In ati n fil d M 25; 1 serial N 2 5 Our invention, generally described, con' Patented'Apz-il 18., 1909.

portion of the suspendingstrap; Fig. 3 an elevational view of a modification; Fig. 4 a sectional view on line 4-4, Fig. 3, showing a portion of the suspending strap; Fig. 5 a vertical central section of still another modification; Fig. 6- an elevational view showing the device shown in Fig. 1 in operative engagement with a garment.

Similar reference characters are used to designate similar parts in theseveral figures of the drawing.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, reference letter Adesignates a loop preferably formed of wire and bent to form a restricted neck a at its lower end. The ends-a, a, of the 100 are bent inwardly and serve as pivots to unlte the loop to a support B. The portions of the loop adjacent the restricted neck are oiiset, as indicated in Fig. 2', to form shoulders a Pivotally united to the loop A is a toggle the up er member of which may be formed integra ly with the support B, while the lower member-C is pivotally secured by a bent portion 0 extending through a transverse slot 1) in the upper member. The lower member 0 may be convenientl stam edfrom sheet metal and is rovi ed wit a stri 0 extending from and ormed integrally wit the same at the lower edge thereot.

Such strip is adapted to be bent around the pad D composed of rubber or other resilient material. through a hole in, the member 0 and is secured by suitable means, such for-instance as bending the end 0' thereof, as clearlv shown in Fig. 2. The strip 0 may be said to form with the member C a ocket for the reception of the resilient pad. t is evident that other mechanical means may be used for securingthe-pad D to the member O'of the toggle than the strip 0 and we have therefore illustrated i the strip 0 as one means whereby the resilient pad may be mechanically secured tothe toggle.

The up er member of the toggle is pro vided witli. ears 17 adapted topartially surround the inturned ends .of the lo )p and thereby pivotally unite the toggle to theloolp A transverse slot 1) is formed through t The end of the strip 0 passes support B through which the suspending strapmay pass.

b designates a projectionwhich may be stam ed from the metal of which the u per mem "er oi the toggle is formed and which serves to engage the lower end 6 of the sus-.

-' cured, after permit the toggle to s hooked over the omitted and the 100 made straight.

pen strap E, as shown in Fig. 2. After the en ofthe suspending stra has been rojection b, the strap is passed throught e slot b, thence throu h the slot 6, thence again through the slot thereby surrounding the up er member 0 the toggle with the stra and protecting the user from the contact 0 the metal.

' In Figs. 3 and 4 we have illustrated a slightly modified embod ment of our invention in which the sup ort B is provided with two transverse slots and 6 near its top, while the lower member C of the toggle 1s entirely surrounded by the resilient pad D The provision of the two transverse slots near the to of the support B enables a narrow strap to be secured to the clasp in the manner above described in connection with Figs. 1 and 2, so that the up er member of the toggle Will be com letel surrounded, while a wider strap or e astic fabric E? may be used to suspend the clas such strap passing through the wider slot at the top of the supporting member and being secured by any suitable means eto the upper end of the strap E. p r

In Fig. 5 we have illustrated still another modification inwhich the support B and u per member of the toggleare constructed t e same as'described in connection with Figs. 1 and2 but the shoulders a. in Figs. 3 andl are n order that there may e no danger of the clasp becoming detached from the garment, a pro- 'ection o is pressed from the back of the ower member C of the toggle of a width to fit within the contracted neck a, of the loo D designates the resilient pad which may secured to the lower member of the toggle by any suitable mechanical means, such for instance as a.strap the end 0' of which is sesassing through an opening in the member in'amanner described in connection with Figs. 1 and 2;

From the fore oing description it be, observed that we ave invented animproved garment clasp consisting in a loop and a 00-. operating toggle pivotally united thereto the lower member 0 the toggle having secured thereto, preferably by mechanical means, a resilient pad, while the upper member of. the toggle is provided with transverse slots near the top and bottom thereof whereby the suspending strap-may entirely surround the upper member of the toggle.

In order to avoid any danger of the'loopbecoming detached from the sup ort, the in-,

turned ends a of the loop may e oflset, as

shown in Fig. 5, so that the cannot pass through the surrounding ears In order to freely with respect to the loop the portion 0 the metal adjacent to the. oflset ends of they loo is deflected to form a recess b, as clearly s own in Fig. 5.-

It will be observed that by so constructing the .size ofthe toggle relatively to the loop that the toggle may swing through theloop, the portion of the garment which is to be clas ed may be inserted between the back of the. 00p and the front of the lower member of thetoggle after which the toggle may be swung through the loop and the lower ortion thereof'overlie the contracted nec of the loop thereb securely clasping the garment between t elower member of the toggle and the contracted neck of the loop.

While we have described more or less precisely the details of construction, we do not wish to be understood as limiting ourselves Hav ng now fully described our invention,

what .we claim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is Y .1. In a garment clasp, the combination with a loop having a contracted neck at its lower end, of a toggle the upper member of,

which is pivotally united to the loop and adapted to swing through the same, a resili- 'ent pad, andan attaching device formed integrally with the lower edge of the toggle andsurrounding the resilient pad to bind it to the toggle. a

a garment clasp, the combination with a loop having a contracted neck at its I lower end, of a toggle the upper member of which is pivotally united to the loop and adapted to swing through the same, a resilient' ad, and a strap formed integrally with the ower member of the toggle surrounding said pad and binding the same to the lower mem er of the toggle.

3. v In a garment clas L which is pivotally united to less -width than the loop so as to;be capable of swinging through the same, there being slots in the u permember of the toggle'above and I the combination with a loo of a toggle t e up or member of.

e loop and of below t e pivotal connection between the toggle and the loop, and a suspending 'stra secured to the clasp "and threaded-throng said slots and passingl nection between the 00p and the toggle.

4. In a garment clas the combination I with a loop, of a-toggle t e up or member of which is'pivotall united to t e loop, there about the pivotal conbein slots :in sai upper member of the togle'a ove and below the ivotal connection etween the toggle and t e loop, and a sus pending strap threaded through said slots so I as to pass around-the pivotal connection be- 1 said strap tween' the. loop and the toggleing wholly-upon one side of he;jointin ing a contracted neck at its 5. Ina garment clasp, the combination with a loop, of a toggle t e upper member of which is pivotally united to the 100 and adapted to swin through the same, t 'e upper member of t e togg e having slots therethrough near its upper and lower edges, a prong projecting from the upper member of the to gle, and a sus ending strap passing throu said slots an engaging said prong.

6. n a garment clasp, the combination with a loop having a contracted neck at its lower end, of a toggle the upper member of which is pivotally united to the clas and adapted to swing through the same, t e upper member of the toggle having slots therethrough near its upper and lower edges, a prong projecting from the upper member of the toggle, a suspending strapsecured at its lower end to said prong, thence passing through the u per slot, thence through the lower slot, an finally again through the upper slot.

7. In a garment clasp, the combination with a loop having a contracted neck at its lower end, of a toggle the upper member of which is pivotally united to the loop, the lower end of the toggle having a projection on the free end thereof of a width to fit within the contracted neck of the loop, and the upper portion of the loop being wider than the u per member of the toggle so as to permit t e u per member of the toggle to swing through the loop.

8. In a garment clasp, a'toggle, a 100 havower en said loop being pivotally connected to the upper member of the toggle at one side thereof, the

upper member of the toggle having slots a ove and below the point of'connection between it and the loop, the latter slot lying above the joint in the toggle and'a sus endin stra assin throu h the u er s ot on of; side at which the 100%) is locat ie d and then passing through the lower slot and around the pivotal connection between the toggle alnd the loop and back again to the upper s ot.

9. In a garment clasp, the combination with a loop having a contracted neck at its lower end, of a toggle, the upper member of which is pivotally united to the 100 and ada ted to swing through the same, said toggle aving at one side of the lower end a portion of a Width to swing laterally into the contracted neck of the 100 and shoulders for limiting the movement 0 said portion into said neck.

10. In a garment clasp, the combination with a loop having a contracted neck at its lower end, of a toggle, the upper member of which is pivotally united to the loop and adaptedto swing through the same, the lower portion of the toggle having on one side thereof a ortion of such width that it ma be moved aterally into the contracted necli of the loop.

In testimony whereof, we sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL D. COFFEY. THOMAS C. BLAYNEY.

Witnesses:

GEo. L. WILKINSON, CLARA O. CUNNINGHAM. 

